Question

According to The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra, how many zeros does the function f(x) = 17x15 + 41x12 + 13x3 – 10 have ?

Answer 1

What is the degree of this polynomial?

Answer 2

4 i think

Answer 3

why 4

Answer 4

because there are 4 different exponents

Answer 5

that's one way i didn't think about it, but unfortunately incorrect

Answer 6

the degree of any polynomial of a single variable is equal to the largest exponent

Answer 7

ooh that was my guess

Answer 8

ooh thanks

Answer 9

now that you know the degree, what does that tell you about the number of complex solutions?